Without fasting, neither pure prayer nor chaste virginity can be attained; nor can a Christian who does not subdue his body through the proper means of fasting be able to take up the cross of our Savior Jesus and follow Him.
He, our Savior Jesus, fasted for forty days and nights as an example for
us. And when? After His baptism. This shows us that all baptized Christians are
obligated to fast according to their abilities.
From *Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos* (Volume 1) by Archimandrite
Cherubim, p. 313.
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